Memórias Póstumas (2001)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

André Klotzel

Writers:

André Klotzel (writer)
José Roberto Torero (writer)

Release Date:

17 August 2001 (Brazil)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy

Plot:

Free adaptation of Machado de Assis's classic. The narrator is a rich dead man, who tells us about his life and times, making fun of both. |

Plot Keywords:

Narration | Horse Drawn Carriage | Classic Literature | Brazil | 19th Century

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Reginaldo Farias	...	Brás Cubas
Marcos Caruso	...	Quincas Borba
Petronio Gontijo	...	Young Brás Cubas
Stepan Nercessian	...	Bento Cubas
Sonia Braga	...	Marcela
Otávio Muller	...	Lobo Neves
Viétia Zangrandi	...	Virgília (as Viétia Rocha)
Debora Duboc	...	Dona Eusébia
Walmor Chagas	...	Dr. Vilaça
Nilda Spencer	...	Dona Plácida
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ana Abott	...	Nhá Loló
Manuca Almeida	...	Faquir
Eduardo Amir	...	Cantor de ópera
Thaís Balloni	...	Baronesa
Carlos Betão	...	Tio João
Arlindo Bião	...	Pai de Maricota
Margareth Braga	...	Cantora de ópera
José Carlos Carneiro	...	Passante
Newton Castro	...	Tio Ildefonso
Henrique César	...	Presidente da província
Malu Cotrin	...	Dutra's Wife
Cristina Do Aido
Priscila Fernandes	...	Maricota
Celso Júnior	...	Médico
Gabriel Júnior	...	Xavier
Eliosvaldo Lima	...	Prudêncio
Pietro Mário	...	Almirante
Silvana Martins	...	Esposa
Maurício Ribeiro Nogueira de Lima	...	Baby Brás
Péricles Palmeira	...	Amigo no enterro
Wilson Pirote	...	Garcez
Tião Ribas D'Avila	...	Damasceno (as Tião d'Ávila)
Joana Schnitman	...	Brás Cubas' mother
Leonardo Serrano	...	Cantor de ópera
Alfredo Silva	...	Brás when child
Marco Antônio Torres	...	Conselheiro Aires
Milena Toscano	...	Eugênia
Luiz Viana	...	Visitante
Clemente Viscaíno	...	Dutra

Also Known As:

Posthumous Memories (International: English title)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Portugal | Brazil

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:12

Filming Locations:

Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Company:

Cinemate Material Cinematográfico

entertaining, but without a climax

This film takes you back to 19th century Brazil. The dead main character guides us through several periods of his life with a subliminal humor. He admits some secrets he did not dare to tell anybody during his lifetime. In this, I really got to like the leading character. The cast for this rather episodical movie was very convincing and well chosen. But, while drifting through the story, I had expected to get to any sort of a climax at some point. Unfortunately, there was none. Nonetheless, I left the cinema quite amused. Nice to see, if you like old costumes and an easy story. I give 7/10.